Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Blank Paper’s Itch

This poem was written couple of years ago......



When I try to study
A blank paper, on a crossroad
Time eats me up as quicksand
I am volatile without a coffin

Fluttering eye and siesta in my veins
A night of pain
And a heart so distant
Too many pictures around
Portraits of strangers
And off season discounts
Flash through the whiteness
Of the blank paper
Stories, poems, songs, sketches
Memoirs and diary entries
Epistolary, novels and sonnets
So much and too many
All in my eyes or just the paper’s itch

I wait, I wait
To understand the mystery,
Of body and mind
Sex and love
Siamese twins

Ciphers disdain these questions
Some ambiguities can’t be deciphered
By a mere itch
Blank paper is just as susceptible
As a crossroad

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Birthday Bash and Birthday Cakes





So I celebrated my birthday by hosting a traditional roof top party. It was a fun party.....though I would have loved to party all night...... but not many people were willing to stay all night.


With each year passing by the number of candles really go up.......but with me it was even the number of birthday cakes..... I dissected four birthday cakes this year.

Now apparently people have changed their drinking habits. People who used to drink Beer asked for Scotch. And no one touched Bacardi (Rum). But anyways it all balanced out. No matter what happens we can never run out of booze at my party. I always have extra.....and additional extra......just in case people decide to get totally wasted...

Friday, September 12, 2008

Big news....

Hello,

I haven't blogged in zillion years......I haven't been busy.....I haven't been lazy.... I have just been down. Yeah....when a guy like me is down.....he sits all day long watching movies/TV....he needs to get out of the city.....he researches about stupid trivia......

So last month we saw India's best ever performance at the Olympics. I was disheartened when Akhil Kumar lost..... but the fact is that I am in total awe of that guy.....he is awesome....

And of course Vijender Kumar is going to be pretty much everywhere. Everyone is running after him..... he totally deserves this...... but the fact is that things are going big for him only after he got a medal at Olympics....before Olympics also he was doing good.... he won medals at Commonwealth games and Asian Games. I just hope that things finally change for Boxing and boys at Bhiwani.

Bravo for Sushil Kumar

His Final match was such a treat for the eyes.....







So Big news for today:
What's that thing on my face.....my glasses..... so I finally got Specs... It's some stupid power..... but I was advised to wear anti glare.....I find it really weird.....Actually I think, I shouldn't even be wearing them.

It's just going to be one extra thing that I need to carry with me.... Now a person like me who wants the least amount of responsibility....I think it's just too much of a pressure.... Thats why I carry the cheapest possible mobile phone, because I am sacred that I'll just leave it somewhere. The weird part is that I haven't lost even a single mobile phone till now. Thats probably also because no one wants my cheap mobile. I hate carrying my wallet.....there was a time when it weighed "decent" but now it has become a lousy fat bitch.

This just tells me that i am not getting any younger......with my birthday around the corner....this is the last thing I needed.........but....whatever......

Friday, August 15, 2008

Against the odds: Indian Boxers: Akhil, Vijender and Jitender: Bhiwani Boxing Club


Jai Hind: Happy Independence Day


I read this Amazing article about Vijender Kumar (Arjun Award winner).( Bhiwani Boxing Club)



Vijender Kumar, (born October 29, 1985) is an amateur boxer from India who has repeatedly medaled in international amateur tourtnaments and qualified for the 2008 Olympics.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7482661.stm

Tomorrow is his second Match at Beijing that will take him to the quarter finals:


Sat Aug 16 21:45 Men's Middle (75kg) Round of 16
ThailandCHOMPHUPHUANG Angkhan vs
IndiaKUMAR Vijender


We also have to watch out for another Match tomorrow: Jitender Kumar won the last match against MEMIS Furkan Ulas from Turkey.



http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jitender_Kumar_enters_pre-quarters/articleshow/3355559.cms


Sat Aug 16 14:15 Men's Fly (51kg) Round of 16
UzbekistanDONIYOROV Tulashboy vs
IndiaKUMAR Jitender



Talking about Boxing Akhil Kumar won Men's Bantam (54kg) Round of 16 and now he is in quarterfinals. This is indeed a big achievement.


http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFCOQ9yj28XWMBcPZ2hsK0431IFQ

"BEIJING (Reuters) - Surprise package Akhil Kumar celebrated India's Independence Day by moving a win away from giving his country its first Olympic boxing medal on Friday.

After outboxing 2005 world silver medallist Ali Hallab of France in the first round, Kumar sent home Russia's world champion Sergey Vodopyanov, who was the favourite in the bantamweight class."

http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35023020080815


"I don't want silver or bronze," he warned. "Gold is my only target."

Bravo Akhil......I don't care about a medal....actually (honestly) I do..... but really that statement..... you are a winner dude....yeeeeeahhhhh

Please check out this news clip....it's amazing.....if you can check out the match...it's even more amazing.....cut throat ....

http://broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/3368888.cms


awesome ...awesome...awesome....




Please read this article of Bhiwani Boxing Club:


http://www.hindustantimes.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1b17daaa-63a4-46cc-b815-dc4cd5502ca4


And of course Bindra!!!! I don't really need to write anything for him....






Friday, August 8, 2008

AAA ......08/08/08 ......all about it......

So today is just another day....oh...yeah but It is Friday also.... and I am almost always happy on Fridays....the weekend is here..... god how much I love weekends......

And ..yeah the date is also a little freaky.....today is 08/08/08.... it really doesn't matter ..if you wanna use the dd/mm/yy format or mm/dd/yy format.....you are going to be safe today....Since I have been a victim of the date format fuck up.....I think this is a big deal.... this date format is responsible for couple of bounced checks and late payment fees....

Also Olympics have kick started today.....The Games carry a $43 billion price tag, dwarfing the previous record of $15 billion splashed out by Athens in 2004, sweeping thousands of people out of their homes to make way for a host of state-of-the art stadiums.

So I haven't been very active here for quite some time.... I guess its only fair to be back with some great news.....I was driving to work and I heard either RJ. Lokesh or RJ. Tuhin talking about Remake of Andaaz Apna Apna.


Amir Khan supposedly has approached Raj K. Santoshi for a remake of AAA. I am not really sure how many of you have seen this movie. This is the thing....I don't think that we should call it a great movie....that really doesn't justify it.... AAA is a genre in itself.... how do I praise the movie...I mean ..it's really difficult because everything about that movie is awesome....

Right from the beginning...it's a complete mind-boggling laughing riot....Not many people remember Juhi Chawla's or Govinda's guest appearance in AAA, but the fact is that even with just a minute (or two) of screen time Juhi Chawla was truly amazing. Since so much of consideration and thought was given for each and every aspect of the film...the comic timing, script, actor's chemistry......what we see on screen is pure fun....of course all of the main cast of the film was great.....I think this is Paresh Rawal's best performance in a comedy ever (no offense to Hera Pheri) ......now even though the following actors were playing a character role in the film they were a pure delight:
  1. Late. Mehmood: Johnny (photographer)
  2. Viju Khote: Robert
  3. Shehzad Khan: Bhalla
  4. Tiku Talsania: Inspector
  5. Jagdeep : Salman's Dad
  6. Daven Verma : Amir's dad
  7. Shakti Kapoor: Crime Master Gogo: even though his screen time was limited he was nominated for a Filmfare award.
A lot of people treat AAA as a bench mark when it comes to Slapstick Comedy.

http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/11andaz.htm

"वाह वाह वाह ..क्या चहेरा है.....क्या थोबडा है....अपने ढंग का एक ही नमूना है"

"सुनो सुनो दुनिया के लोगों, सबसे बड़ा है Mr Gogo."

"तुम्हारे बारें में बहुत सारे गधे सोच रहे होंगे
रवीना."

"तेजा मैं हूँ क्योंकी मार्क इद्धर है."

"चलो, चलो
तीलू को डंडे मारने है."

"Sir, यह Vasco Da Gama के ज़माने की gun है."

"किसके मामा की?"

The pun in the Dialogues of the movie is hard hitting.....even though I have watched the movie like a zillion times.....It is still funny...actually sometimes it gets funnier.....I can watch it again and again......the fact that Aamir Khan might be producing the remake of this movie is very promising to me. Now I have always believed that "sequels are never bestsellers"....but I also have strong faith in the “perfection fanatical” Aamir Khan.

AAA has a strong cult following. People are madly in awe of this movie. You can even find videos on you tube of youngsters inacting scenes from AAA. I mean in college we use to do it at so many parties....even AAA lingo is also used a lot.....